A scathing report on Ottawa’s troubled LRT says councillors were deliberately misled by the city’s most senior manager during construction and questions…
The report by Justice William Hourigan found “persistent failures in leadership, partnership and communications” during construction and maintenance of the system that caused Ottawa residents to “not get the reliable transit system they deserved.”Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
He also blames Kanellakos for suppressing a memo to council from OC Transpo General Manager John Manconi that “if sent, would have informed Council of the disastrous start to trial running.” Hourigan also singles out the use of a private WhatsApp channel by Kanellakos, former Mayor Jim Watson, former OC Transpo General Manager John Manconi and other senior city officials to share inside information about the LRT project.Political pressure, he wrote, made the city compromise with the builder by agreeing to to “defer work, waive requirements, and delay addressing known problems with the OLRT1.
In a statement, Ontario Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney thanked Hourigan for his work and said her team would review the report.
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